The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)

The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy, which aired on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.

Plot
The Eleventh Hour was about psychiatry, both as it helped individuals deal with their problems and as it helped law enforcement agencies. The first season focused on psychiatrists Theodore Bassett and Paul Graham as they worked with people. The show's title related to "patients who came to them 'in the eleventh hour' — on the verge of breakdown". In addition to Bassett's clinical practice, he advised the police department and the state's department of correction. Many episodes had him evaluating people charged with crimes with regard to their mental competency.

In the second season, Bassett was replaced by L. Richard Starke, and he and Graham became more directly involved in cases.

Cast

 * Wendell Corey as Dr. Theodore Bassett (season 1)
 * Ralph Bellamy as Dr. L. Richard Starke (season 2)
 * Jack Ging as Dr. Paul Graham

Guest stars

 * Philip Abbott
 * Neile Adams
 * Eddie Albert
 * Lola Albright
 * Frank Aletter
 * Richard Anderson
 * Edward Andrews
 * Edward Asner
 * Frankie Avalon
 * Phyllis Avery
 * Martin Balsam
 * Joanna Barnes
 * Herschel Bernardi
 * Charles Bickford
 * Bill Bixby
 * Beau Bridges
 * Lloyd Bridges
 * Lloyd Bochner
 * Richard Bull
 * Paul Burke
 * Red Buttons
 * James T. Callahan
 * Joseph Campanella
 * Mary Grace Canfield
 * Diahann Carroll
 * Veronica Cartwright
 * Linden Chiles
 * Sandra Church
 * James Coburn
 * Michael Constantine
 * Noreen Corcoran
 * Patricia Crowley
 * Kim Darby
 * Colleen Dewhurst
 * Bradford Dillman
 * Elinor Donahue
 * Tony Dow
 * Howard Duff
 * Dan Duryea
 * Andrew Duggan
 * Keir Dullea
 * Jena Engstrom
 * Linda Evans
 * Shelley Fabares
 * Fabian
 * Norman Fell
 * Anne Francis
 * James Franciscus
 * Beverly Garland
 * Harold Gould
 * Don Gordon
 * Don Grady
 * Dabbs Greer
 * Virginia Gregg
 * James Gregory
 * Harry Guardino
 * Eileen Heckart
 * Anne Helm
 * Peter Helm
 * Steven Hill
 * Cheryl Holdridge
 * Celeste Holm
 * Ron Howard
 * Kim Hunter
 * Diana Hyland
 * David Janssen
 * Henry Jones
 * Katy Jurado
 * Noah Keen
 * Shirley Knight
 * Ted Knight
 * Harvey Korman
 * Bert Lahr
 * Elsa Lanchester
 * Robert Lansing
 * Angela Lansbury
 * Piper Laurie
 * Bethel Leslie
 * Joanne Linville
 * Robert Loggia
 * Julie London
 * Lynn Loring
 * Tom Lowell
 * James MacArthur
 * Roddy McDowall
 * John McGiver
 * Barbara McNair
 * Scott Marlowe
 * Walter Matthau
 * Jayne Meadows
 * Burgess Meredith
 * Dina Merrill
 * Vera Miles
 * Elizabeth Montgomery
 * Bill Mumy
 * Alan Napier
 * Ed Nelson
 * Lois Nettleton
 * Leonard Nimoy
 * Jeanette Nolan
 * Edmond O'Brien
 * Carroll O'Connor
 * Jerry Paris
 * Eleanor Parker
 * Michael Parks
 * Roger Perry
 * Cliff Robertson
 * Ruth Roman
 * Marion Ross
 * Barbara Rush
 * Kurt Russell
 * Robert Ryan
 * Albert Salmi
 * Telly Savalas
 * George C. Scott
 * Jacqueline Scott
 * Sylvia Sidney
 * Tom Simcox
 * Jean Stapleton
 * Inger Stevens
 * Dean Stockwell
 * Maxine Stuart
 * Karl Swenson
 * George Takei
 * Roy Thinnes
 * Joan Tompkins
 * Franchot Tone
 * Rip Torn
 * Harry Townes
 * Maxine Stuart
 * Robert Wagner
 * Robert Walker Jr.
 * Tuesday Weld
 * Fay Wray
 * Keenan Wynn

Production
The executive producer was Norman Felton. Herbert Hirschman was the producer, Fielder Cook was the director, and Harry Julian Fink was the writer.

Broadcast
The Eleventh Hour aired on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall and Espionage.

Home media
In June 2016, Warner Archive Collection released The Eleventh Hour- The Complete First Season on Region 1 DVD as a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release.